tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post5120732488452585524..comments2024-03-28T01:51:22.367-03:00Comments on Not Buying Anything: Avoid Taxes - Legally and EthicallyGregg Koephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-59218935488832639892016-04-12T23:04:26.759-03:002016-04-12T23:04:26.759-03:00That is awesome to have a public utility. We need ...That is awesome to have a public utility. We need more of them, and in the new world that is how things will operate... again. <br /><br />Disabled people's most challenging disability is poverty. And there IS a cure for that.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-43156061519459172372016-04-12T23:02:17.088-03:002016-04-12T23:02:17.088-03:00I agree that consumption taxes are the way to go. ...I agree that consumption taxes are the way to go. The current system, though, does not want us to buy less, or have us increase our savings. Buy, buy, buy. Borrow, borrow, borrow. Having said that, the current system is on its way out. At least you get to live in one of the best states in the US for your tax dollars. Oregon change my life.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-25456825223897378742016-04-07T23:20:13.989-03:002016-04-07T23:20:13.989-03:00The sales tax rate in the state I live in, South C...The sales tax rate in the state I live in, South Carolina, is 6% to 8%. My city is at 7% and no tax on food or pharmaceuticals. There is a higher hotel and restaurant sales tax rate. Our property taxes are reasonable. I don't own, but property taxes are a part of the rate of rent I pay, true for all of us who rent where there is property tax charged to the landlord. Our state income taxes seem reasonable too.<br /><br />Our city gets income from electricity. They are the only power company in the city. Interesting that they also own a controlling percentage of the company they buy the power from! Hence, they can keep the sales tax a bit lower.<br /><br />I don't pay income tax because I have low income and it is disability. Recently, I learned that some states do tax disability income. It seems like robbery to tax a very low income that in some cases isn't enough to sustain a person and the person is unable to work. <br /><br />I didn't mind paying taxes when I worked. I like having clean water, parks, roads for my small amount of driving, fire and police department available if I need them. I do mind how the money is spent when it is for war, politicians very high salaries and such.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10735740353891550502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-63651993823273792932016-04-06T17:29:58.342-03:002016-04-06T17:29:58.342-03:00In Oregon, we do not have a sales tax. But we hav...In Oregon, we do not have a sales tax. But we have, what we think, are high income tax and property tax. My boyfriend and I always say that if Oregon would implement a sales tax and decrease the property tax, we'd come out way ahead because we don't buy much. And the added tax would be the incentive to buy less. Good for my retirement fund, and as you point out, very good for the Earth. -- MaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com